The
western press likes to repeat ad nauseum like a mantra that there is
no free press in Russia and it is government control.

Yet
here is Putin talking to them both during his time as PM of Russia,

Both
these gentlemen are still there, as strong as ever, representing the
same point-of-view without any of the official sanction that is
alleged by the Guardian, BBC et. al.

I
will be interested to see our PM, Key, talking to one-to-one with any
of the dissidents he so despises in this country

Putin
talks directly to liberal fifth-comumnists

Putin
Roasts Clueless 5th Column Propagandist Venediktov

A
MUST WATCH! This video was restricted on Facebook!It was
originally uploaded on Facebook by Anna
Blond on
April 20.On April 23, Facebook has blocked her for 2 weeks
while she was posting this video to groups. (She was posting only
this video and nothing else while she got blocked).She
posted on her wall: ''Facebook has just blocked me for 2 weeks:
'You're temporarily restricted from joining and posting to groups
until 7 May at 10:02,'' and my video which i was posting this morning
was removed as it was uploaded to the group (Not to my
page).''--------------------------------------------------------Anna
Blond: This video with English Subtitles (translated by Inessa
Sinchougova) contains 2 excerpts.

The first one: Vladimir
Putin as Prime Minister of Russia in January 18, 2012 at the meeting
with Russian media chiefs was talking to Alexei Venediktov, an
editor-in-chief and host at the Echo of Moscow radio station,
president of the Echo TV Russia (These media outlets are pushing
American interests in Russia).

Note:
that time Vladimir Putin was Prime Minister and Dmitry Medvedev was
President of Russia.

The
second excerpt: Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister of Russia in October
15, 2011 at the meeting with the nation's three main television
channels at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence (outside Moscow)
talking to Vladimir Kulistikov, head of Russia's national TV channel
NTV (before, Kulistikov was working for CIA-funded 'Radio Liberty'
involved in spying activities in the former Russia - USSR).

Vladimir
Putin to Kulistikov: Dear Vladimir Mihailovich, you are the head of a
major media outlet – NTV, a national television channel. But there
was a time, if I’m not mistaken, when you worked for Radio Svoboda
(Radio Liberty).

Vladimir
Kulistikov: Yes, there was such a time.

Vladimir
Putin: Right.

Remark
from the third person: It’s a black stain on his reputation.

Vladimir
Putin: It’s not the matter of black or white. . . .

Vladimir
Kulistikov: I did not say that. Somebody else did.

Vladimir
Putin: In any case, you used to work there. And when I worked for the
KGB, we viewed Radio Liberty as a branch of the CIA. Of course, it
was only a propaganda arm, but still. Anyway, such an attitude
towards that station was not unfounded. It was funded by the CIA and,
what’s more, it was even involved in spying activities in the
former USSR. Today, the situation has changed, but still, no matter
how you look at it, Radio Liberty is a media outlet that expresses
the views of a foreign government. In this case, it is the US
government. So, you used to work there, and now you are the head of a
national television channel in Russia. How long have you been working
there? For quite some time, right? Isn’t this is a sign of
liberalism?